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Preface to the 2nd edition
Preface to the 1st edition
Acknowledgments

"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.

Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."

--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell

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Place Description
South Dividing Creek

See South Creek.
South Double Creek

rises in W Stokes County and flows NE into Dan River.
South Fayetteville

unincorporated outskirts of city of Fayetteville in central Cumberland County.
South Flat River

rises in SW Person County and flows SE into Flat River.
South Fork

rises in S Forsyth County and flows SW into Davidson County, where it enters Muddy Creek a short distance S of the county line. Early Moravian settlers called it Ens Creek, and it appears as such on the Collet map, 1770. On the Price map, 1808, it is marked "Ens or South Fork."
South Fork Beech Creek

rises in E Graham County and flows NW into Beech Creek.
South Fork Catawba River

is formed in central Catawba County by the junction of Jacob Fork and Henry Fork. It flows S through Catawba County, S across central Lincoln County, and SE through central Gaston County to enter Catawba River in SE Gaston County. Also known locally in various places as South Fork, South Fork River, and Little Catawba River. Appears as South Fork of the Catawba River on the Collet map, 1770.
South Fork Cattail Creek

rises in S Yancey County and flows NW to join North Fork Cattail Creek in forming Cattail Creek.
South Fork Creek

rises in W Tyrrell County and flows N into Scuppernong River.
South Fork Crooked Creek

rises in W Union County and flows NE to join North Fork Crooked Creek in forming Crooked Creek.